Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-27

CATARRHI
Throat Diseases. Bronchitis. Asthma
CONSUMPTION,
Together with diseases of the
Eye, Ear and Heart,
Successfully treated by
NJ. Hilton Williams, Nd, M.C.P.S,0.
no. 275 Main street.
NEXT THE DIAMOND HOUSE, Lo
ANGELES. CAL.
G A T A r r H .

l. piled to peculiar disorder OF the
nostrils and adjacent parts, which prevails
20 an alarming extent and Is productive OF
very serious consequences
The most prominent and haracseristic
features is morbid discharge from the
head, varying in its nature at different
times.
In some there is an almost constant flow
of clear, acid fluid, but oftener an offensive,
purult mt, or muco.purulent, greenish-yel-
low matter is secreted, which accumulates
in the nostrils or drops into the throat,
u essitating its frequent removal by blow
ing the nose or expectoration, and often by
DO ogh processes. Sometimes patients feel as
though their whole head was in a state of
rottenness, so great Is the amount of matter
and SO fetid is Its odor The
patient is greatly annoyed by the constant
dropping into the throat OF the morbid
matter from the head, and as a recumbent
position naturall~ favors the flow down
wa. d, his rest is frequently disturbed from
this cause. Many sufferers are obliged to
lie with the head very much elevated in
order to sleep with some degree Of com
fort
In others a tough, viscid and off nsiye
phlegm collects behind and above the soft
palate, in the passage between the throat
and head, adhering to the parts with gluish
tenacity. Its lodgment embarrasses respi.
ration aud creates a sensation of irritation
and uneasiness in the affected locality,
which gives rise TO a constant and almost
irresistible desire to relieve the discomfort
by drawing the mucous into the throat so as
to eject 1t by the mouth This practice,
populsrly known as Hawking" is chsrac
teristic OF catarrh, and proves as embar.
RAISING to the one affected as 1t is disagree
able TO those around him
Again, the offensive matter hardens and
deposits itself on the membrane in the
shape OF dry, hard concretions, which are
discharged by way of the nosirils or throat
in Jumps or fragments of deep green tint.
In some cases these incrustations aecumu-
n "a a
plug in the nose, which obstructs breathing
and produces serious discomfort. So firmly
do these inerustations adhere to the point
of attachment that their removal Usually
erquires the most violent efforts; not unfre
quently they have to be torn from the mem.
brane. Occasionally solid cast of notable
size Is expelled, on which there are gener-
ally traces of blood, but in some cases the
cast presents tubular appearance, being
of exact shape of the nasal cavity This
condition is indicative of liberation, which
in time may destroy the bong structure of
the nose and produce subsequent hatten-
ing of that organ.
Cases are occasionally met with In which
a thick, viscid, Shiny secretion coats the
membrane of the nasal cavities aud then
putrifes, giving rise to stencil which is
really overpowering and sufficiently fetid
to poison the atmosphere OF a whole room;
and there are others in which all the secre-
tions of the membrane are suspended, caus-
ing an unpleasant feeling of dryness, heat
condition popularly known as DRY Ca.
tarrh."
The disease speedily extends to the air
cavities of the bones of the forehead and
face, giving rise to distressing sensation
OF heavy weight or compression over the
forehead, especially in the region above
and between the eyes, and to a feeling Of
fulluess, heat, irritation, soreness or pain
in the nostrils near the root of the nose, as
well as in the upper partof the throat, above
and behind the soft palate. Som etimes
there is pain obstinately fixed in some par.
ticulaI part, as in the temple, on the top of
the head, at the back of the neck, or behind
the orbits, and occasionally pain maniiests
itself in the face of so severe character
that it is frequently mistaken for neuralgia
The breath Is always tainted and at times
assumes an exceeding fetid and siekening
odor. In some cases it becomes so revolt.
ingly offensive as to render the sufferer
an object OF disgust to himself as well as to
others.
The nasal membrane is thickened and
congested, causing the nose to be stopped
up, sometimes on one side, som etimes on
the other, and often on both, giving ris to
q disagreeable stuffy sensation in the head,
and occasioning violent and prolonhed
paroxysms OF sheezing.
The voice is weak, indistinct and husky,
or OF nasal Character, displaying a sort OF
smiling quality. 0ftentimes there is a con-
tinuous hoarEeuess and discordance. There
is also sense of irritation in the throat
and frequent attempts to clear the parts Of
phlegm, producing the sound "hem" more
or less forcibly. In some cases patients
complain of an uncomfortable feeling of
fullness. or choky sensation in the throat
aud i'll Others of distressing and almost
constant dryness, for the temporary relief
Of which they have to swallow frequently.
nauseous taste in the mouth or throat.
The stomach generally suffers more or
less and becomes weak and irritable: the
appetite is capricious and nearly always bad
in the morning. The patient is languid, un-
able to perform mental or physical labor
with the usual facility; is nervous, de-
pressed in spirits, at times fearful, timid,
agitated and inclined to drowsness and
sleep, the memory weakened and perman-
ent impairment threatened.
The mucus membrane soon becomes NOR
bidly sensitive to unfayorable influences,
and in spite of the utmost care becomes af-
fected from the slightest causes. so that at
last breath of wind pom the lining of the
nose or throat becomes productive of cold,
and gives rise to serious disturbances OF the
respiratory organs. Thus the patient is sub
lect to frequent and repeated colds, each
attack aggravating the disease by giving 1t
new impulse and involving larger ex.
tent or surface than its predecessor In this
manner the difficulty spreads from organ to
organ, invading the throat, larynx, trachea
and bronchial tubes, until, encroaching
further and further, 1t reaches the finer
of the bronchi, when but a
slight impulse is required to send it to the
lungs. Catarrh may, and often does. affect
other organs in the body, especially those
mucus membrane, such as the
bowels, kidneys, etc.
by the employ ment of proper inhalati0ns
In the form of medicated vapor (not steam
or spray we are able to produce immediate
and direct action upon the diseased surface
in the pharynx and nasal passages, for air
Will fndsits way into the most remote and
intricate cavities, where 1t is utterly impos-
sible to make fluid applications Bv these
means every case can he rurad
ozGNA.
Ozpna is the professional or technical
name given to the advanced form of catarrh
In which liberation has eaten through the
membrane lining of the nose to the cartil-
and i'll ozoena, but it most frequently occurs
n those who are naturally scrofulous. The
discharge takes place through the nostrils
)r through the throat, and is generally of
y tinged with blood, and almost always at
ended by an offensive smell. In the Ian.
suage Of DR.. Wood, of Philadelphia, 1.-THE
disease is ore of the most obdurate and
iisagreeable which the physician has to
In bad cases the breath OF the
patient becomes so revolving as to isolate
iim from society and to render him an OBJ
ect OF disgust even to himself" In some
ases pieces OF bone become separated and
Tough off, leaving deep, unhealthy ulcers,
which secrete bloody matter and are ex.
remely difficult to heal. After ozena has
ontinued for some time the sense of smell
lsually becomes impaired and often lost.
Deafness is one of the most common conse.
uences. and results from its extension
through the .eustachian tnbes to the internal
ar. Pains in the head and over the frontal
muses., fmpairing memory, and even in.
anity frequently springs from its extension
the brain, The greatest danger, however.
ecause the most common, is that it will
xtend downward and affect the lungs. In
no lost eases OF pulmonary disease catarrh is
resent In some degree, and in many In.
ances II causes a large share of the na.
ent's discomfort. VAC pm
Besides these grave CONSEQUENCES. ali of
'hich are liable to spring from scrofulons
atarrn aas \ or oz0na. there are others which, ii
'ss dangerous. are sufficiently unpleasant
occasions great unhappiness tot thousands
both sexes, by isolating them and pre-
sn.ing Inelr settlement In life. An offen-
We running from the nose, with foul
,esIh, rss IL about as great a calamity as can
'lai young people. Tor no young people
with catarrh. -' aA'''os
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